Jeff Shapiro
Jeff Shapiro
Exhibitions and shows
2003 Dai Ichi Arts Gallery, New York NY
Troyer Gallery, Washington DC
AVC Gallery, New York NY
Plum Gallery, Williamstown MA
La Medusa, Padua, Italy
Akar Gallery, Iowa City IA
Artworks Gallery, Bozeman MT
”Ceramics of the 21st Century“, Columbus College of Arts and Design
Old Church show, Demarest NJ (curated by Karen Karnes)
Recent Articles
2003 Ceramics Monthly, cover story
Ceramics Technical, Summer
2001 Wall Street Journal
Ceramic Arts and Perception, June
Biography
After living in Japan for almost 9 years, Jeff Shapiro returned to build an anagama kiln in upstate New York 22 years ago, where he lives with his wife Hinako and two children, Ryan and Ayako.
His work has been shown in galleries across America, Japan, Italy and Australia.
He has work in the Everson Museum, Brooklyn Museum, The Mint Museum and Boca Raton Fine Arts Museum as well as prestigious private collections.
he was commissioned to make a piece for the Japan gallery of the Metropolitan Museum in New York.
He has taught previously at Penland and lectured at Hunter College, Brooklyn Museum and The Metropolitan Museum as well as the Japan Society of New York, and internationally at universities in Australia, Italy and Korea.
Selected for Emerging Talent at the National Council on Education for the Ceramic Arts.
He was a guest international speaker at a wood fire forum in Australia, April 2002.
He had a 2 person exhibition in Padua, Italy in June 2003.
Led a ceramics program in Tuscany, Italy 2003.